Azad Hind

Azad Hind (Free India) was a puppet government set up by Japan in Singapore to rule over occupied India from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose served as its leader during this time, and it was later crushed by the United Kingdom, which would give independence to India in 1947.

History
The Provisional Government of Free India, better known simply as "Azad Hind" (the Hindu translation of "Free India"), was established on 21 October 1943 by Japan in Singapore as a puppet government that would rule over Manipur and Nagaland in addition to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off the coast of Malaya. The Azad Hind government was led by former Indian National Congress member Subhas Chandra Bose, who commanded the collaborationist Indian National Army against the United Kingdom during the Burma Campaign of World War II. On 18 August 1945, the puppet government died with Subhas Chandra Bose when he died in a plane crash shortly after the Indian National Army forces surrendered to the Allied Powers in Singapore, ending the semi-independence of the Azad Hind government. However, two years later, India would gain independence from Britain peacefully.